ABOUT
Joaquín Cociña
Artist and Filmmaker currently finishing a project in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Based in Santiago, Chile. He was born in Concepción, Chile in 1980. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Art from the Universidad Católica de Chile. Joaquín Cociña works Independently and also with Cristobal León as a duo: Cristóbal León & Joaquín Cociña. In addittion he is part of the Production Company DILUVIO. He is currently working in the preproduction stage of LA CASA LOBO, his first Full lenght, directed by Cristóbal León & Joaquín Cociña and Produced by DILUVIO.
WEB PAGES:
www.leoncocina.cl
Official web page about “Cristóbal León & Joaquín Cociña”
www.lacasalobo.com
Official web page about “La Casa Lobo” (The Wolf House).
www.diluvio.cl
Official web page of the Production Company DILUVIO
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ART SHOWS selection
2011
Whitechapel gallery, “Art in theAuditorium”, London, Greath Britain. Group Show.
Upstream Gallery. “The Third World”, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Solo Show as “Cristobal León & Joaquín Cociña”.
Galerie ZINK. “Alive She Cries”, Berlin, Germany. Group Show.
De Ateliers. “Psychopomp Council”. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Group Show.
2010
Fundación PROA. “Art in the auditorium III”, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Group Show.
GUGGENHEIM Museum NY. “You Tube Play, A Biennial of Creative Vídeo”. New York, USA. Group Show.
CHACO, Contemporary art fair. Santiago, Chile. Group Show (Art fair).
Galería AFA, Santiago, Chile. “Lãs muertes leves de Benjamín”. Santiago, Chile. Solo Show.
Galería Marilia Razuk, Sao Paulo, Brazil. “Lucía & Luis”. Solo show with Niles Atallah and Cristóbal León.
2009
VII Bienal do MERCOSUL, Grita e Escuta. Porto Alegre. Brazil. “O Absurdo”. Group Show (biennial).
798 Beijing Biennale 2009 en Beijing, China. Group Show (biennial).
CHACO, Contemporary art fair. Santiago, Chile. Group Show (Art Fair).
Galería AFA. Santiago, Chile. “Obsidiana”. Group Show.
Galeria Animal. Santiago, Chile. “Lucía, Luis & el lobo”. Solo show with Niles Atallah and Cristóbal León.
2008
Magatzems Wall & Vídeo, Valencia, Spain. “Estéticas del Desastre”. Group Show.
ArteBA. Contemporary art Fair. Buenos Aires, Argentina. “CAJA NEGRA / CUBO BLANCO”. Group Show (Art fair).
2007
MAVI, Museo de Artes Visuales. Santiago. Chile. “Máquina Blanda”. Group Show.
Kunsthalle Berlin-Lichtenberg. Berlin. Germany. “Political Landscape”. Group Show.
Bei Gao Gallery. Beijing. China. “IN/OUT”. Group Show.
SAC Art Gallery, Stony Brook, State University of New York. New York. EE.UU. “Acts of Translation”. Group Show.
Animal gallery. Santiago, Chile. “Romance”. Group Show.
M100, Centro Cultural Matucana 100. Santiago, Chile. “Comic Strip Passion’s Trip”. Group Show.
2006
Animal gallery. Santiago, Chile. “Campo Ciego”. Group Show.
Centro de Extensión de la Universidad Católica de Chile. Santiago. Chile. “Translations”. Group Show.
2005
Centro de Extensión de la Universidad Católica de Chile. Santiago. Chile. “El Retrato”. Group Show.
M100. Centro Cultural Matucana 100. Santiago. Chile. “Infeliz a su Manera”. Solo Show with Paula Dittborn.
2004
Salas de Arte Gremio. Valparaíso. Chile. “El chico es Culpable”. Solo Show with Paula Dittborn.
2003
Centro Cultural de España. Santiago. Chile. “STEREO: no representar nada“. Group Show.
2002
Sala Juan de Saavedra, Valparaíso, Chile. “Selección Concurso Arte Universidad de Valparaíso”. Group Show.
2000
Universidad Católica de Chile. “Chiletresaños”. Group Show.
Sala Chacabuco. “Colectiva de dibujo”. Group Show.
FILM FESTIVALS & AWARDS
2012
International Film Festival Rotterdam, International Competition Tiger shoet film, Rotterdam, The netherlands.
2010
ASIFA Austria Award, International Competition Animation Avantgarde, Vienna Independent Shorts International Film Festival, Vienna, Austria.
Special Award, Animafest Zagreb 2010 World Festival of Animated Film, Zagreb, Croatia.
Grand Jury Prize at the 2010 Animatou, Festival International du film d’animation. Genève, Switzerland.
Grand Jury Prize at the 2010 Disposable Film Festival. San Francisco, EE.UU.
Short Film Corner, Cannes Film Festival, Cannes, France.
International Trickfilm Festival, Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart, Germany.
Filmfest Dresden, International Short Film Festival, Dresden, Germany.
Tampere Film Festival, Tampere, Finland.
Offscreen Film Festival, Cinema Nova, Brussels, Belgium.
ANIMAC, Muestra Internacional de Cine de Animación de Cataluña, Lleida, Spain.
2009
Grand Prix Wooden Wolf Prize, Animated Dreams, Animation Film Festival, Tallinn, Estonia.
1st Prize, Best International Film, Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, Baden, Switzerland.
Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Film, FIBABC (Festival Iberoamericano de Cortometrajes ABC), Madrid, Spain.
Special Mention Jury Prize, 16º Valdivia International Film Festival, Valdivia, Chile.
EMAF (European Media Arts Festival)” in Osnabrueck, Germany.
Kunstfilm Biennale, Cologne & Bonn, Germany.
Breda International Film Festival in Breda, Netherlands.
2008
Literaturwerkstatt Berlin Prize at the Zebra Poetry Film Festival in Berlin, Germany.
2nd Place Award at Fairplay Film and Video Award Festival, Lugano, Switzerland.
Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano in Habanna, Cuba.
Illustrative 2008 Contemporary Art Festival, Zurich, Switzerland
DLA (Discovering Latin America) Film Festival, London, England
Product Festival of Contemporary Art, Varna, Bulgaria.
Interfilm, International Short Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
RESIDENCIES
2011
Residence: Abbaye de Fontenvraud. Script development. September 22nd – October 22nd. France.
Residence: Kunsthuis SYB, Art Residence. October 28th – December 12th. The Netherlands.